Last op against Chin Peng - how much will it cost? DAP asks police

DAP has
questioned the rationale behind the decision by the police to closely monitor
the country's border checkpoints to ensure that the remains of communist leader
Chin Peng do not enter the country.

Segambut Member of Parliament Lim
Lip Eng said he was
concerned with the time and resources being spent by the police for this
purpose. Lim, in a statement today, called on Inspector-General of Police Tan
Sri Khalid Abu Bakar to provide details of the operation at every checkpoint.

"I
request that the IGP provide the types of measures that will be taken to
identify whether the ashes belong to Chin Peng or some other person or even
whether it is human ashes.

"Also
the additional costs incurred for this operation and the duration of this ban
on Chin Peng's remains," he said. He also asked the IGP to clarify if
yesterday's announcement includes a blanket ban on all types of ashes, as this
could be confusing to foreigners.

"The
IGP needs to reveal details of the ban on Chin Peng's remains for the sake of
transparency and accountability in line with the Government Transformation
Programme instituted by our prime minister," he pointed out.

Khalid
tweeted last night that the police in Malaysia were on alert to prevent
Chin Peng's remains from being brought into the country. The top cop said all
checkpoints are being watched to ensure that his body or his ashes are not
smuggled in.

Many
Twitter users disagreed with him, but Khalid insisted that Chin Peng was
responsible for the death of many police and army personnel during the
Emergency.

Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak confirmed yesterday that Chin Peng's remains
will not be allowed to be buried in Malaysia.

Chin Peng,
leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), died in Bangkok yesterday at the age of 88.